Lytham St. Annes Photographic Society
Imagination in Imagery
This week (1st April) the Society has been running for 72 years and through that time there have been many stalwarts of the club who have done more than could be asked of them to promote or support the Society. It is with sadness to inform you that on the same day, the passing away of just one of those,
Read moreDue to Covid-19 restrictions, the 3rd Open PDI competition was judged in a closed session by judge Gordon Bartley, who provided results and feedback via e-mail. The featured image for this competition is The Citadel by Peter Parnell, which scored a maximum 20pts in the Intermediate Group.
Read moreHaving postponed the Photo Walk last month due to bad weather it looked more promising this time. However, it was raining when we arrived at Salford Quays for 4:15 pm so a tea or coffee seemed appropriate in the shelter of Lowry Outlet. By the time we had drunk up the rain had passed and stayed away for the rest
Read moreThe L&CPU Annual Club PDI and Print competitions were held over the weekend of 7th and 8th March. LSAPS finished slightly down on last year, coming 10th in the Overall Print Competition and 11th in the Overall PDI competition. In the Open sections we placed reasonably well, coming 6th in Colour Print, 7th in Mono Print and 7th in Open
Read moreThe 2nd Set Subject competition of the season on the subject of Architecture was held on 20th February and was judged by Will Stead EFIAP, CPAGB, PSA3 from Chorley Photographic Society. He gave some useful comments such as ensuring that verticals are either parallel or obviously converging to add drama, and to ground the image by showing the base of
Read moreThe 2nd Open PDI competition of the season was held on 23rd January, judged by Joan Gauld (CPAGB, ARPS) from Chorley Photographic Society. Joan had reviewed the images in advance but chose not to mark them until seeing them projected on a large screen. One aspect that was mentioned was composition, and the need to crop images to remove parts that
Read moreOn Sunday 19th January, a number of LSAPS members visited Liverpool waterfront on a club organised Photo Walk. The morning started off with a hard frost and clear sky, perfect for a Photo Walk you might think, however appearances can be deceptive. By the time we set off for Liverpool, patchy fog had started to form. As we gathered in
Read moreThe 2nd Open Print competition of the season was held on 19th December and was judged by Tillman Kleinhans ARPS AFIAP/s DPAGB BPE4* from St Helens Camera Club. He had reviewed the prints beforehand and gave a lot of good feedback mainly regarding toning down highlights, cropping to improve composition and even changing heads or eyes if the original subject
Read moreOn Thursday 28th November, we welcomed members from Southport Photographic Society for the annual Seaside Invitation competition. This is a test of strength in depth, as each club enters 20 Prints and 20 PDI’s, with images from 20 different members in each category. The competition was judged by Keith Barber (CPAGB, LRPS, FISCT) from Swinton Photographic Society, who gave some
Read moreThe 1st Set Subject competition of the season on the subject of Nature was held on 21st November and was judged by Peter Guy from Poulton Photographic Society, who is a Nature specialist. Peter took into account the subject matter and composition as well as technical details such as sharpness. Just as for Landscapes, the lighting of Nature subjects can
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